This section contains documents adopted by Byram to effectuate the Township's conformance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan.

• Highlands Planning Area Petition Ordinance (43 KB pdf)
• Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (45 MB pdf)
• Highlands Master Plan Reexamination Report (298 KB pdf)
• Highlands Referral Ordinance (219 KB pdf)
• Master Plan Highlands Element (850 K pdf) 
  • Highlands Element Exhibits (8.41 MB pdf) 
  • Public Notices & Planning Board Resolution (112 K pdf)
• Sustainable Economic Development Plan (8.06 MB pdf)
• Highlands Area Exemption Ordinance (500 KB pdf) [Municipality is authorized to issue certain Highlands Exemptions]
• Highlands Land Use Ordinance, Adopted June 2017 (pdf)
• General Ordinance Amendments including Highlands Village Center Provisions, Adopted June 2017 (pdf)
• Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) (pdf)
  Includes Long-Term Asset Management Plan and Economic Development Strategy
  • OSRP Appendix (pdf)
• Stormwater Management Plan (pdf)
• Water Use and Conservation Management Plan (pdf)
  • Township Council and Land Use Board Resolutons (pdf)

The Highlands Implementation Grant Status (HIGS) provides a high-level summary of funded Plan Conformance tasks. The HIGS is an updated, condensed version of the Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (IPS) approved by the Highlands Council with the complete petition.

• Byram Township Highlands Implementation Grant Status – March 2015

Byram Township's Petition for Plan Conformance and Highlands Center was unanimously approved by the Highlands Council on September 23, 2010.

Council Approved Documents

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Highlands Council Approved Documents (107 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Highlands Council Resolution 2010-6 Approval of Byram Township Petition for Plan Conformance (472 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (1.78 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Final Consistency Report Appendices (132 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (173 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (2 MB pdf)
  • Adopted Housing Element & Fair Share Plan (7.55 MB pdf)
  • Adopted Housing Element Resolutions (361 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory DRAFT September 2010 (464 KB pdf)
  • Environmental Resource Inventory Exhibits DRAFT September 2010 (46 MB pdf)
  • Master Plan Highlands Element DRAFT September 2010 (610 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Element Exhibits DRAFT September 2010 (25 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance DRAFT September 2010 (874 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (25 MB pdf)

Materials from Public Hearing

• Meeting Agenda (pdf)
• Executive Director's Presentation (pdf)
• Byram Movie
• Byram Highlands Center Movie
• Letters of Support for Byram Township Petition for Plan Conformance (pdf)
• Pictures (pdf)
• Listen to an audio recording of the meeting
• Press Release (pdf)

The PDF archive below contains links to all previously posted documents related to Byram Township’s Plan Conformance process prior to Highlands Council approval on September 23, 2010. PLEASE NOTE: The documents above are the most recent and any documents accessed through the archive are no longer valid; they are provided for reference only.

• Byram Township Archived Plan Conformance Documents (pdf)